Body with wide black and orange stripes. Hair on the eyes. Honey Bees live in communities: sterile female workers tend to the queen, larvae and pupae, and build, maintain and defend the hive. They collect nectar with long tongues. Unlike most Australian bees, they carry their pollen in specialised hairless pollen baskets (corbicula) on their hind legs rather than in haired areas. They are the only stinging insect that leaves its sting in the wound

Warning:Painful sting, sometimes causing allergic reaction.

At a glance

Habitat Flying or on vegetation
Size Body up to 2 cm long
Origin Introduced
Distribution Worldwide. Mainland Australia and Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Worldwide. Mainland Australia and Tasmania
Habitat
Flying or on vegetation
Size
Body up to 2 cm long
Common Name European Honey Bee
Aliases Western Honey Bee,
Origin Introduced
Conservation Data Deficient
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
SubclassPterygotes
OrderHymenoptera
SuperfamilyApoidea
FamilyApidae
GenusApis
SpeciesApis mellifera
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